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ObituaryElda Jean (Shoemaker) Ketterman, age 88, of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, passed away at Cedar County Hospital on Sunday, December 22, 2013. Jean was born on October 23, 1925, in El Dorado Springs, the daughter of Jesse and Lula (Seelinger) Shoemaker. As a young girl she helped her parents run their family grocery store. Jean graduated from El Dorado Springs High School, class of 1943.

Jean married Don Ketterman on February 2, 1945. The couple lived in Georgia while Don was in the Army during World War II. Later, they moved to a farm outside El Dorado Springs, then to a house in town. They were married 50 years before Donís passing in 1995. To their union five children were born.

Elda Jean loved her family. She was a faithful Christian woman and a hard worker. She taught her family to put God first and show love to others. She enjoyed her church family, playing cards with her girl friends and her sisters.

Preceding Elda Jean in death were her husband, Don; her parents; a brother, Vivian Shoemaker; one granddaughter, Holly Swopes; and one grandson, Tyler Swopes.